pirarucu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pirarucu
1830–40; < Portuguese < Tupi pirá-rucú literally, red fish
Example Sentences
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Experimenting with the new skins, Filgueiras found he was able to fix the many holes in the pirarucu leather using the same technique he had created for the toad leather.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
The pirarucu leather first made inroads in Texas, where it is used in cowboy boots.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
They expect to earn that in the near future by exporting pirarucu meat.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
The leather is a byproduct of pirarucu meat, a staple food in the Amazon that is gaining new markets in Brazil’s largest cities.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
At most meals the pirarucu fish appears, especially on Mondays when the rubber-workers have had the whole of Sunday in which to indulge in the sport of shooting this gamy two-hundred-pound fish.
From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Algot Lange
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